What do you think of THIS for a family rule at Easter?

@muscare (3068)
Australia
April 8, 2007 6:07am CST
While enjoying Easter with my wife and 4yr old son, my wife told me about her Easters while growing up. All three kids got the same amount of chocolates eggs etc. but if any kid had chocolate left after the other two had finished all theirs, then the third kid was expected to share! If they didn't, they were made to feel extremely guilty for not doing so. My wife said that as a child, she always wanted to make hers last, but then had to share with the other kids after they scoffed all theirs. I'm sorry, but I think this is just plain wrong. What does it teach the other kids? How to be pigs? I don't know.
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@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
8 Apr 07
i agree thats just totally wrong...i would have begun hiding my chocolate so they thought i'd ate it all...which is just teaching lying and sneakiness....around here if you eat all yours then your just out of luck...and we dont allow begging so dont even start
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
8 Apr 07
yeah, I would probably have hidden my chocolate, too, because I like making it last longer,rather than gorging myself.
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@KissThis (3003)
• United States
8 Apr 07
That just teaches the children selfishness. Why would anyone make such a rule. What was the point in splitting the candy up equally? Should have just put it in a feeding trough.Here piggy piggy Here piggy piggy.
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
8 Apr 07
Good point, probably lucky the parents didn't think of it!! And as to who would make such a rule, some of the stories I've heard about other special occasions really makes me so sorry my darling wife was stuck in that lifestyle for so many years!
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@harwoodkp (285)
• United States
8 Apr 07
This only teaches some kids to scarf down the chocalate they have. I dont agree with this tradition. If they have the same amount of chocholate. Then that is it. If a child then decides to share that is their choice and not because they are made to feel guilty. Those children who scarf down the chocolate are now in danger of childhood obesity(by choice) or even in danger of starting diabetes at a younger age. This a tradition that needs to go.
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
8 Apr 07
Yep, share if you want to. The kids have now all grown up, and now that you mention it, the two girls both had/have weight issues.
@ladyljs (1303)
• United States
8 Apr 07
As a parent, all that i can think of is OMG sugar rush to the extreme!!!! Let's see who can get the most chocolate down in the least amount of time and not throw up! What about a sugar induced coma...yea, that would make for a nice Easter tradition!!! Consequences...Ok, now the parents have to deal with kids climbing the walls for the next 2 hours and then the sugar crash. Sounds like a recipe for Easter disaster to me. need a solution? forget the chocolate all together, or just give each one. really...this kind of thinking is what has created the diabetes and overweight society that we are living in. To parents who think this is the way to parent....open up your eyes! YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY KILLING YOUR CHILDREN!
@muscare (3068)
• Australia
8 Apr 07
These kids weren't allowed to get too hyped up, regardless of the cause. This would have resulted in being sent to their room, probably with a ten minute lecture, and ending with them agreeing to apologise, for whatever 'wrongdoing' the parents thought they had done!
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